
External Resources
Links to resources on unconscious bias, EDI practices for team composition and training, and diversity in research design.
Unconscious Bias and Best Practices in Peer Review
- Canada Research Chairs (CRC)/Tri-Agencies – Unconscious Bias Training Module
- CRC – Best Practices Guide for Recruitment, Hiring and Retention
- CRC – Guidelines for Assessing the Productivity of Nominees
- Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – Guidelines for the Merit Review of Indigenous Research
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships – Reducing Unconscious Bias in the Review Process
- Engendering Success in STEM – Resources
- AdvanceRIT – Examples of Bias in Letters of Recommendation
- University of Arizona Commission on the Status of Women – Avoiding Gender Bias in Reference Writing
EDI Practices for Team Composition and Training
- Natural Sciences & Engineering Council (NSERC) – Guide for Applicants: Considering Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Your Application
- New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) – Best Practices in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- SSHRC – Guide to Addressing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Considerations in Partnership Grant Applications
- WISE Atlantic/CFSG – “Considering Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research”
- “Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Diversity and Inclusion in Undergraduate Research Labs,” Frontiers in Psychology (2019)
- “Ten Simple Rules Toward Healthier Research Labs,” PLoS Computational Biology (2019)
- “Inclusivity for All: How To Make Your Research Group Accessible,” Science (2020)
- Council of Ontario Universities/National Educational Association of Disabled Students – Accessible Science Laboratories
- “Ten Simple Rules for Building an Antiracist Lab,” PLoS Computational Biology (2020)
- “Debiasing the Evalutation Process of In-Person Review Panels for a Postdoctoral Fellowship,” Nature Astronomy (2019)
- “Promoting Inclusive Metrics of Success and Impact to Dismantle a Discriminatory Reward System in Science,” PLoS Biology (2021)
- The SAGE Handbook of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, Chapter 27: Mentoring Graduate Students of Color (2012)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Individual Development Plans
Diversity and Inclusion in Research Design
- NSERC – Guide for Applicants: Considering Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Your Application
- NSERC – Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Considerations at Each Stage of the Research Process
- SSHRC – Indigenous Research
- SSHRC – Guide to Addressing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Considerations in Partnership Grant Applications
- CIHR – How to Integrate Sex and Gender into Research
- CIHR – Sex and Gender Champions
- NFRF – Considering Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Perspectives in Research Design
- Women and Gender Equality Canada – Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+)
- Women’s College Research Institute – The Health Researcher’s Toolkit: Why Sex & Gender Matter
- Stanford University, Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering and Environment
- European Commission, Gendered Innovations 2: How Inclusive Analysis Contributes to Research and Innovation
- “Essential Metrics for Assessing Sex & Gender Integration in Health Research Proposals Involving Human Participants,” PLoS ONE (2017)
- Stanford University, Intersectional Design
- Developing and Engaging in Community Partnership Research (Centre for Research & Innovation Support Spotlight)
- Community-Based Research Canada, Resources